Jan 22, 2025 · 1960 — Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson in a 15-round split decision to capture the world middleweig­ht boxing title. 1962 — Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson are elected into baseball’s Hall of Fame. Robinson, the first black to …

Paul Pender (June 20, 1930 – January 12, 2003), was an American boxer and firefighter from Massachusetts who held the World Middleweight Championship. [1] [2]

Jan 14, 2003 · Boxing champion Penner passes on BOSTON (AP) — Former world middleweight boxing champion Paul Pender, who twice defeated an aging Sugar Ray Robinson in 1960, died Sunday. Pender, 72, had suffered from Alzheimer's disease.

Feb 2, 2017 · Paul was represented in the first ever CTE Awareness Day launched in Houston on January 30th. Notice the life-size cutout of Paul in the right corner....

For a man who twice defeated the legendary Sugar Ray Robinson, Paul Pender gets precious little attention when compared to other Robinson conquerors like Gene Fullmer, Carmen Basilio, and Randy Turpin.

Sep 28, 2016 · Unforgotten, The Paul Pender Story tells us about Paul’s life, his boxing career, his outspokenness about the corruption in the sport, and his battle with recurring hand injuries that often put his quest for the title on hold.

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Apr 8, 2018 · The movie, directed by Felice Leeds, looks at the life of former Middleweight Champion Paul Pender, and includes rare footage of Paul’s career along with much interesting commentary. More importantly, it took an in-depth view of the toll repeated trauma to the former champ’s head took on his brain.

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A boxer of consummate skill, who deployed one of the most cultivated left jabs of his era, Paul Pender came spectacularly to public view when he relieved Sugar Ray Robinson of his world middleweight